Spalax graecus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Spalacidae
Subfamilia: Spalacinae
Genus: Spalax
Species: Spalax graecus

Name

Spalax graecus Nehring, 1898: 228

• Holotype: ZSM 106/ZSM 236, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “in Griechenland gesammelt, vermuthlich in der Gegend von Athen”, corrected to “the region around the city of Chernotisi [= Chernovcy]”, Ukraine, by Topachevskii (1976: 289).

References

Primary references

• Nehring, A. 1898. Über Spalax graecus n. sp. Zoologischer Anzeiger 21: 228–230. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Németh, A., Homonnay, Z.G., Krízsik, V., Csorba, M., Pavlíček, T., Hegyeli, Z., Hadid, Y., Sugár, S., Farkas, J. & Csorba, G. 2013. Old views and new insights: taxonomic revision of the Bukovina blind mole rat, Spalax graecus (Rodentia: Spalacinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169(4): 903–914. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12081 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Slepec polní
English: Bukovina Blind Mole-rat